Baal

Canaanite · deity · mythic · deity

Storm-god, Rider on the Clouds, and king of the active gods at Ugarit; enthroned on Mount Zaphon after defeating Yam and Mot.

Parentage

Dagan

Domains

storm
kingship
fertility rain

Powers

Loose the thunderstorm, lightning, and rains
Smite and destroy the sea-god Yam in single combat
Die into the underworld and rise again with the rains

Epithets

rkb ʿrpt
ʾalʾiyn bʿl
zbl bʿl ʾarṣ
bʿl ṣpn

Relations

equated with: Hadad
interpretatio: Set
equated with: Teshub

Sources

Ugaritic Baal Cycle (KTU 1.1–1.6)
Philo of Byblos / Sanchuniathon (Demarous/Adodos = Hadad), via Eusebius

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